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Public Education

Digital Learning- key to fixing public education?

filingspost Wed, 08/22/12 8:28 pm

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Juan Willliams reports: “My main take-away from reporting for this documentary is that ‘Digital Learning’ shows tremendous promise as an immediate solution for helping American students to succeed immediately.”

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Reforming the 'Myth' of America's Failing Schools (It's Actually True)

filingspost Thu, 08/09/12 8:28 pm

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“Nothing I can do will really make that big of a difference … They should be happy I’m even working here … I could be doing so much better somewhere else.”

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New Documentary Raises Questions about Sex Education

filingspost Sat, 07/28/12 8:28 pm

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“In Ms. Morris’ health education class in Greenville, Miss., a lesson on sexually transmitted diseases is almost comic… (she) soldiers on, using cups of candy, and sharing them among students, to demonstrate the spread of an STD.” Education Week/State Edwatch

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Students hold 'Slutty Wednesday' to protest school’s strict dress code policy

filingspost Fri, 06/08/12 8:28 pm

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“Nearly 100 smarties at the city’s top-performing high school bared their bodies in “risque” outfits yesterday to denounce their school’s conservative dress code…”

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"A new generation of education advocacy groups...shaping policy through aggressive lobbying and campaign activity"

filingspost Mon, 05/14/12 8:28 pm

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“All the new advocacy groups promote variations on the idea that they represent students’ interests over those of adults.”

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Judge Michael F. Urbanski Proposes Ten Commandments Be Cut to Six for School Display

filingspost Sat, 05/12/12 8:28 pm

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A U.S. District Court in Roanoke, Va., presiding over a case in which a local school is fighting to keep its public display of the Ten Commandments, has suggested that the display be narrowed down to the last six commandments, which he believes can be applied to secular society.

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Atheist Student Awarded Scholarship for Dressing Up as Jesus Christ

SharperIron Mon, 04/30/12 8:28 pm

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“A high school student in Tennessee was awarded with a $1,000 scholarship by an atheist organization for dressing up as Jesus Christ during ‘Fictional Character Day’ at his school.”

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"...the high court found the law was unconstitutional because it criminalized sexual conduct between consenting adults."

filingspost Fri, 03/30/12 8:28 pm

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“The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the state’s law banning sexual contact between teachers and students, finding that people 18 or older have a constitutional right to engage in a consensual sexual relationship.”

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Battling Anew Over the Place of Religion in Public Schools

sifilings Wed, 12/28/11 8:28 pm

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Battling Anew Over the Place of Religion in Public Schools

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Civil Rights Office Expands Its Reach Into Schools

filingspost Mon, 12/19/11 8:28 pm

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The Office for Civil Rights in the Dept. of Education reviews school districts and institutions of higher education for compliance with civil rights laws that the OCR enforces. Seventy-four compliance reviews have been conducted since March 2010.

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